The West Coast is underrepresented with big shows. The only regular ones were the Long Beach shows. ANA occasionally has one of their shows...
The single biggest expense for the show has probably been renting space at the Convention Center. Could be that cost has gone up a lot. If a...
Saw an announcement in Coin World that the only Long Beach show this year will be the one this month. Used to be 3 times per year. The show is...
Thanks Dan. Not surprising, but you know way more about die production and prep than I could ever learn. Cal
Hi Dan, Could the obverse dies have been produced from the same hub in Philadelphia and then shipped to Carson City and San Francisco? But maybe...
Nice pair of trade dollars!! I don't think precision grading can be done from photos, but these appear to have a slight bit of wear. I like the...
I did a PCGS express order last month. Took them 3 weeks. Cal Edit: Sorry, did not notice at first that you were asking about economy.
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I’m disappointed in the Smithsonian website. It’s rather cursory and has been for years. The ANS website is much better for coins. That said, I...
Hi Dan. It’s a gold piefort pattern (Gadoury 1148, GEM-288.5, KM-P300, Maz-2531B, PCGS 392919). Incredibly, it’s been graded MS61, PF61 and...
David Hall once told me that a dealer friend had seen a '64 peace dollar. Hard to know if they really exist. Cal
A little numismatic financial history: Dave Bowers as a young man started a dealership on his own. He was then joined by James Ruddy to form...
A little investigation revealed that A-Mark is essentially a subsidiary of Spectrum Group even though A-Mark is listed on NASDAQ under its own...
SB has announced they will merge with A-Mark. My guess is that A-Mark is acquiring SB from Spectrum Group International, the current owner....
The main TPGs have slabbed various metal, non-coin objects. They claim only that the label is correct. Commonest non-coin objects are medals and...
There is no need for a reholder. The hair is not currently present in or on the holder. It was just there during the photography. I may email...
Some curious wording. I'm not a lawyer. So, how does one utter any false, forged, or counterfeit coin or bar? o_O Cal
I have all available. All have the hair. I think they usually just take one photo of each side. Then the round images are digitally put in...
Recently had a French 100-franc pattern coin, designed by Bazor, graded at PCGS under gold shield service, which includes photos. The obverse has...
Are you sure? Could tape it on outside of the folder. PR63 would be about $55k, but you could pickup a circulated example for only $40K....
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